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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2005Wellness Canned Update -- My Cat's reaction
Well, after going through 2 cases of Hill's Liver & Chicken, my cats stools were pretty normal. It was initially hard to get them to eat the stuff, but by the end of the last case, they'd accepted it. Ivan's chronic runs which were present since January had cleared up well, so I decided to buy some Wellness Chicken to see if it was the culprit. After just 2 cans, Floppy developed the runs, although Ivan hasn't shown the symptoms yet. Tomorrow I'm going to the store to buy the Hill's and will stop feeding Wellness for good. I know many people have said they're having good luck with the Wellness, but I guess I'm now officially a Hill's type. Who'd have predicted that -- hell hath froze........ eq > Well, after going through 2 cases of Hill's Liver & Chicken, my cats > stools were pretty normal. It was initially hard to get them to eat the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > eq If you are interested in changing brands (to Wellness or any other brand), you should make it slow and gradual. Many cats will develop diarrhea if the transition is made too quickly. MaryL >> Well, after going through 2 cases of Hill's Liver & Chicken, my cats >> stools were pretty normal. It was initially hard to get them to eat the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >MaryL I know about that, but they originally had no problem with Wellness and were on it for about 6 months. The problems coincided with Wellness' manufacturing leaving Lowell. I switched them to Hill's instantly, and the problems cleared up within a few days. I can only conclude that my particular cats don't react well to Wellness. eq Equalizer wrote: >>The problems coincided with Wellness' >> manufacturing leaving Lowell. The only food that was moved out of Lowell was the dry. The canned had never been made in Lowell (this according to Beverly at OMH). Another food that I tried when there was a Wellness shortage was Iams chicken. The cats liked it but I only used one can because I still had plenty of Wellness. There were no stool problems. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') >Equalizer wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >The cats liked it but I only used one can because I still had plenty of >Wellness. There were no stool problems. Thanks for the response Mike -- I was originally going to ping you in the subject line to see if you're still not having any problems. I really don't know what's up, just that Floppy instantly got the runs on Wellness. Ivan still shows no symptoms, so maybe tomorrow I might try an intermediate step and buy some Hills to mix the Wellness with, to see if they'll do OK with a gradual switchover. Interesting info on the canned never being from Lowell. > ---MIKE--- >>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire > >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') > >Equalizer wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > they'll do OK with a gradual switchover. Interesting info on the canned > never being from Lowell. It may just be that Floppy can't handle wellness, I rarely feed it to my cats and each time I think okay I'll give it another try, Peepers always gets very bad diarrea but Sook and Squirrel never do, so I'm guessing Peepers just can't handle it. > Equalizer wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > ---MIKE--- That's odd. My current can labels say it was made in Lowell. And if it was never made in Lowell, why has there been such a problem with the canned food, that corresponds to the plant's closure?  SignatureJean B. >> Equalizer wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > was never made in Lowell, why has there been such a problem with the > canned food, that corresponds to the plant's closure? Ooooops. I'm WRONG! It give the Lowell info and then says elsewhere that it was made in Canada. I don't know if I have any older cans.... SignatureJean B. > Well, after going through 2 cases of Hill's Liver & Chicken, my cats > stools were pretty normal. It was initially hard to get them to eat the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > eq My cats have never had a problem with Wellness canned, but their dry food did give my cat Otto diarrhea. My other cat was fine with it. Otto had been on some medication around the time I first tried the dry food, and I thought that was the problem. Once the meds stopped and his diarrhea didn't, I stopped the dry food for awhile and it cleared up. As soon as I tried Wellness dry again, the problem came back. It was too bad, as both cats ate the stuff like it was candy. At the time my older cat, Tiger, was extremely thin and I was hoping she'd be able to put on some weight. Both cats have always liked Science Diet canned & dry. Right now they're eating SD, Wellness and Petguard canned. My two cats at work will only eat Science Diet Light canned food, but aren't as picky about dry (also usually SD Light). -- Liz >> Well, after going through 2 cases of Hill's Liver & Chicken, my cats >> stools were pretty normal. It was initially hard to get them to eat the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >Science Diet Light canned food, but aren't as picky about dry (also usually >SD Light). After I get their stools back to normal again, I'll try Wellness Dry to see if it causes problems. Never did, but I just switched them over to SD Dry along with canned, so that change will be worth a try. This sucks -- they were doing so well on Wellness for so long. >Well, after going through 2 cases of Hill's Liver & Chicken, my cats >stools were pretty normal. It was initially hard to get them to eat the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >eq my cats would never touch the chicken Wellness. have you tried any other flavors? mine are still eating the turkey, and the beef & chicken flavors with no problems. You may have just gotten a bad batch or something. >>Well, after going through 2 cases of Hill's Liver & Chicken, my cats >>stools were pretty normal. It was initially hard to get them to eat the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >You may have just gotten a bad batch or something. I've tried the Chicken & Fish (?), same result. They used to love the Chicken -- they'd literally lick the plate clean. Now a good portion sits as well. The runs have been happening since about January, before that, no problems. >>Well, after going through 2 cases of Hill's Liver & Chicken, my cats >>stools were pretty normal. It was initially hard to get them to eat the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >You may have just gotten a bad batch or something. Ok, I picked up a case of Hill's Liver & chicken today. I'm going to feed them 1/2 can of each mixed together twice a day and see what happens. eq My cats eat the canned Wellness and then when they are done they have some dry Wellness. They walk away from the canned when they've had enough and then one of them leads me over to where the dry food is. This seems to work well. Apparently my 2 year old's teeth are in excellent shape according to the vet. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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